The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-07-13
Constitution and Bylaws Of Rapides
Planters and Farmers
Club.

The Committee appointed to draft a
Constitution and Bylaws would most
respectfully submit the following report i:
CONSTITUTION.
ARTICLE 1. This Club shall be known as
the planters and Farmers Club of Rap
ides Parish"
ART. 2. Its object shall be the mutual
Improvement of its members, and the adj
vancement of their interests in all matters
pertaining to agriculture and kindred
subjects.
ART. 3. The officers shall consist of a
President, Vice President, Secretary and
Treasurer. They shall be chosen annual
ly by ballot, and without nomination,
(the person receiving the highest vote to
be declared elected,) at the first regular
meeting i'll January, and shall hold their
Offices until the meeting next after the
election Of their successors.
ART. 4. This Club shall be composed of
such members as shall have their names
subscribed to the Constitution and By
Laws, and who are engaged in agricultu-
raj pursuits.
ART. 5. This Constitution and Bylaws
may be amended OF altered at a regular
meeting, only by two-thirds vote of all
the members present and voting, due no.
tice OF the amendment having been given
at the preceding regular meeting.
BYLAWS
ART. 1. This Club shall hold it's regular
meetings punctually at II o'clock a. M. on
the first Saturday in each month, at the
City Hall, Alexandria.
ART. 2. 1t shall be the duty of the Pres
ident to preside at all meetings Of the
Club and maintain order-the Vice-Presi-
dent assuming the duties of the President
in his absence.
1t shall be the duty of the Secretary to
preserve in book kept for this purpose,
an accurate and careful record of all the
proceedings of the Club, to conduct the
correspondence of the same, and to act as
Treasurer.
ART. 3. New members may he added on
motion at any meeting of the Club.
ART. 4. A committee Of three shall be
annually appointed by the Chair, who
shall be charged with the duty of select
ing subjects for discussion at each meet
ing, and to assign one or more members to
! open the same.
ART. 5. At each regular meeting the
President may appoint an inspecting
committee, to consist of three members,
| whose duty it shall be to inspect the
plantation of any member, and at the sec
ond meeting after it's appointment, to re.
port in writing to the Club in reference to
its cultivation, the condition of improve
ments, stock, etc. The report of said in
speeding committee shall be the subject Of
general discussion at the meeting when
presented.
ART. 6. Each member may be required
to conduct carefully on his premises some
| agricultural experiment of general inter
est, and report to the Club in writing, the
nature and result of the experiment at the
maturity of the crop on which it was
made. In furtherance Of the above a
committee of three shall annually be ap
pointed by the Chair, at the January
meeting, to define these experiments, and
assign them to the respective members
ART. 7. All reports of committees shall
be submitted in writing, and it shall bt
the duty Of the Secretary to preserve
these reports, or such of them as may be
valuable for purposes of reference.
| ART. 8. The order of business shall bt
as follows:-
l. Calling the Roll.
2. Reading the Minutes.
8. Receiving Members.
4. Receiving Reports.
5. Unfinished Business.
6. Discussions.
| Z. New Business.
8. Adjournment.
F. SEP,
GEO. O. WATTS,
A. NJ. BRAsHEAR,
| JAMES P. HICKMAN,
| Committee